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Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II The three worked together...

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All 10 Victorian AFL clubs are moving to interstate hubs. The league confirmed on Friday that all 10 teams would be out of Victoria by Monday. Six of them (St Kilda, North Melbourne, Essendon, Western Bulldogs, Richmond and Carlton) will be base at hubs in Queensland. Fremantle, West Coast...

Tom Elliott wonders whether these two AFL club songs will be “cancelled” Tom Elliott wonders whether Collingwood and Carlton will have their AFL club songs “cancelled” because of their origins. The 3AW Drive host has been vocal this week about his concern for what is and isn’t allowed in 2020...

The Victorian branch of the Labor Party has been plunged into crisis after secret recordings sparked allegations of branch stacking and misuse of taxpayer funded staff. The ALP’s national executive has seized control of Victorian operations and will conduct all pre-selections for the next three...

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Australian sentenced to death in China smuggling meth in checked flight luggage A Chinese court has sentenced an Australian citizen to death for drug smuggling. According to its website, the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court said their sentence was delivered on June 10. The ABC...

Gone with the Wind has been taken off HBO Max following calls for it to be removed from the US streaming service. HBO Max said the 1939 film was "a product of its time" and depicted "ethnic and racial prejudices" that "were wrong then and are wrong today". It said the film would return to the...

Do not be afraid Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. -- Pope John Paul II

https://www.aph.gov.au/about_parliament/parliamentary_departments/parliamentary_library/pubs/briefingbook45p/chinasroad China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative Geoff Wade, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Key Issue The ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative is a Chinese economic and...